Best Inventions of 2025

Every year, TIME magazine lists the year’s best inventions. Some of these are tech tools. Some use artificial intelligence (AI). Others are cool toys and games. TIME for Kids has chosen eight here. Which one tops your list?

High-Tech Helper

Want a robot to do your chores? Meet Figure 03. It’s a humanoid robot. (That means a robot shaped like a person.) It can work in businesses. It can do tasks at home, too. It folds clothes.

It loads the dishwasher. It still needs your help, though. It can’t start the dishwasher, for example. It will need more training. The company is making an improved version. That should be in some homes in 2026.  —By Billy Perrigo

Careful Crafting

Cardboard can be fun. It’s good for crafts, but it’s tough to cut. ChompSaw can help. It’s a tool for kids. It comes from a company called Chompshop. ChompSaw looks like a mini table saw. But it has no blade. There are no spinning parts. It doesn’t really cut. It punches lots of little holes. So there’s no way to hurt your fingers. ChompSaw works on cardboard and other materials. These include paper and fabric. It will cut craft foam, too.—By Leslie Hoen Peterson

Big Thrills

Falcon’s Flight is a roller coaster. It’s the world’s tallest, fastest, and longest. It’s more than 600 feet tall with a 519-foot drop. It’s two miles long. And it hits a top speed of 155 mph. Falcon’s Flight is so big that it can be seen from outer space! It’s almost ready to ride. The coaster will open soon at Six Flags Qiddiya City. That’s a theme park. It’s outside Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia. —By Jared Lindzon

Weather Watch

Weather forecasting systems predict bad weather. They help keep people safe. But they aren’t perfect. And they aren’t everywhere. WindBorne Systems Atlas was designed to help. It’s a network of weather balloons. They measure temperature and wind speed. They will collect data from new areas. Atlas makes an AI model of the information. This produces better forecasts.  —By Catherine Boudreau

Home Run

The New York Yankees started strong in 2025. They hit 15 home runs in their first three games. During that time, some players used special bats. These were Louisville Slugger Pro Prime TPD1 bats. They are sometimes called “torpedo bats.” Look closely at them. They have a wide “sweet spot.” Data shows that players are more likely to hit the ball in that spot. These bats may change the game. —By Sean Gregory

Connect the Dots

Braille is a system of raised dots. People feel them with their fingertips. Braille is helpful for people who can’t see well. It helps them read. Braille textbooks in school are often old. It takes a long time to create them. The American Printing House Monarch replaces them. It’s a device that translates text to braille. It uses electromagnetic pins. The pins rise to make the raised dots. The Monarch has a touch sensor, like an iPad.  —By Chris Stokel-Walker

Top Banana

Have you ever had a brown, mushy banana? Yuck! A UK company called Tropic has been studying the fruit. It wants to make bananas last longer. It also wants to reduce food waste. So it created the Tropic non-browning banana. It stays fresh long after you peel it. You can peel one in the morning. Then you can enjoy it hours later. The Tropic banana will still taste fresh. No brown goo here!  —CB

Beat the Bite

Mosquito bites are a pain. Heat It treats them. It doesn’t use chemicals. It uses heat. Studies show that heat can help with itchy bites. The device is small enough to fit on a key chain. It plugs into a smartphone. It creates gentle heat when you turn it on. That takes away the itch. Plus, there’s an app. It allows users to control the temperature. You can get it just right. —By Jessica Klein